Bezonomics, Brian Dumaine
Bezonomics, Brian Dumaine
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Bezonomics
How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It

Author: Brian Dumaine

Narrator: Dan Bittner

Unabridged: 9 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/12/2020


Synopsis

An “illuminating, lucid, and finely detailed” (The Washington Post) look at Amazon’s world-dominating business model, the current competitors either imitating or trying to outfox Amazon, and “how Jeff Bezos turned Amazon into the world’s lockdown necessity” (The Times, UK)—from an award-winning Fortune magazine writer.

Like Henry Ford, Sam Walton, or Steve Jobs in the early years of Ford, Walmart, and Apple, Jeff Bezos is the business story of the decade. Bezos, the richest man on the planet, has built one of the most efficient wealth-creation machines in history with more than 2% of US household income being spent on nearly 500 million products shipped from warehouses in seventeen countries. Amazon’s business model has not only turned the retail industry and cloud computing inside out, but now its tentacles are squeezing media and advertising, and disrupting the state of technology, the economy, job creation, and society at large. Amazon’s impact is so pervasive that business leaders in nearly every sector around the world need to understand how this force of nature operates.

Based on unprecedented behind-the-scenes reporting from 150 sources inside and outside of Amazon, Bezonomics unveils the underlying principles Jeff Bezos uses to achieve his dominance—customer obsession, extreme innovation, and long-term management, all supported by artificial intelligence—and shows how these are being borrowed and replicated by companies across the United States, in China, and elsewhere. Including tips for Amazon-proofing your business, Bezonomics answers the fundamental question: How are Amazon and its imitators affecting the way we live, and what can we learn from them?

A goldmine for some, and a threat for others, “Bezonomics” has proven to be a life-shaping force in our lives both now and in the foreseeable future.

About Brian Dumaine

Brian Dumaine is an award-winning journalist and a contributing editor at Fortune magazine. In addition to Bezonomics, his works include The Plot to Save the Planet, and, with three coauthors, Go Long: Why Long-Term Thinking Is Your Best Short-Term Strategy. He and his wife live in New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Deya on July 11, 2024

While I would recommend if you’d like to learn more about what Amazon has been up to (a lot — and this book goes over it all), for those that are more familiar with its practices and might be looking for more (i.e. insight that could help me navigate my ambivalence working for a tech company), it do......more

Goodreads review by Lalit on August 05, 2020

If you're not techie and don't know much about Amazon business model then you should read this. It offers a glimpse of what Amazon is, good and bad effects of it on us. How its thriving in the market and who are Amazon competitors, how they are surviving. If you are techie and you follow news related......more

Goodreads review by Kris on March 06, 2020

I am not a usually s reader of economics and business books, but the subject matter intrigued me so I picked up the ARC at the bookstore where I work. This book was easy to understand and a fascinating look at how Bezos has changed the face of economics and culture. The author did a good job of layi......more

Goodreads review by books.bintulu on April 02, 2023

April 2023: Bezonomics: How Amazon is Changing Our Life and What The World's Best Companies Are Learning From It Sebelum ni, kalau dengar Amazon, saya setakat tahu syarikat ni jual buku, pemiliknya salah seorang manusia terkaya di dunia. Saya tak terfikir apa lagi yang pemilik ni buat sampai jadi kay......more

Goodreads review by Madelyn on July 05, 2023

2.5 stars. This book was extremely hard to start, as the first 6 chapters (40% of the book) are all just pro-Bezos support, with almost no information on Bezonomics or how Amazon has affected the economy. This is quite frustrating as that's the main focus of the book. I also hoped for a more neutral......more